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System Software Reliability (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

Springer, 2006

Computer software reliability has never been more important. Today, computers are employed in areas as diverse as air traffic control, nuclear reactors, aircraft, real-time military, industrial process control, security system control, biometric scan-systems, automotive, mechanical and safety control, and hospital patient monitoring systems. Many...

Solid-State Spectroscopy: An Introduction

Springer, 2009

Spectroscopic methods have opened up a new horizon in our knowledge of solid-state materials. Numerous techniques using electromagnetic radiation or charged and neutral particles have been invented and worked out to a high level in order to provide more detailed information on the solids. The text presented here is an updated description of such...

The Physics Companion

Taylor & Francis, 2003

The Physics Companion is a revision aid and study guide for undergraduates in physics. It covers the core topics, deriving key concepts and equations in clear one-page figure-rich descriptions. Each subsection contains a summary of the main equations, together with a set of worked examples.

The topics covered include:
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Force And Motion (Physics in Our World)

Facts on File, 2007

THE NUCLEAR BOMBS that ended World War II in 1945 were a convincing and frightening demonstration of the power of physics. A product of some of the best scientific minds in the world, the nuclear explosions devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan into an unconditional surrender. But even though the atomic bomb was...

Liquid Sloshing Dynamics: Theory and Applications

Cambridge University Press, 2005

The problem of liquid sloshing in moving or stationary containers remains of great concern to aerospace, civil, and nuclear engineers; physicists; designers of road tankers and ship tankers; and mathematicians. Beginning with the fundamentals of liquid sloshing theory, this book takes the reader systematically from basic theory to advanced...

Nuclear Energy Leadership: Lessons Learned from US Operators

PennWell, 2012

The nuclear industry has quietly evolved over the past 30 years to become one of the safest and most reliable low-cost producers of electricity.

Mary Jo Rogers's new book, Nuclear Energy Leadership: Lessons Learned from US Operators, provides helpful suggestions as well as useful tools drawn from the best of the nuclear...

Physics for Radiation Protection: A Handbook

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

A highly practical resource for health physicists and other professionals in radiation protection. The new edition has been completely revised and updated. New chapters were added on internal radiation dose and the environmental behavior of radionuclides, as well as a new section on log-normal distribution of environmental...

Problems and Solutions on Electromagneti (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions)

World Scientific Publishing, 1993

This series of physics problems and solutions, which consists of seven volumes — Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, Quantum Me chanic, Solid State Physics and Relativity, contains a selection of 2550 problems from the graduate school entrance...

Diseases of the Heart, Chest & Breast: Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Techniques

Springer, 2007

The International Diagnostic Course in Davos (IDKD) offers a unique learning experience for imaging specialists in training as well as for experienced radiologists and clinicians wishing to be updated on the current state of the art and the latest developments in the fields of imaging and image-guided interventions.

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Making the Impossible Possible: Leading Extraordinary Performance: The Rocky Flats Story

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006

The most contaminated nuclear plant in the country, Rocky Flats was an environmental disaster and the site of rampant worker unrest. Although it was estimated that it would take 70 years and $36 billion to clean up and close the facility, something stunning happened. Now on its way to becoming a wildlife refuge, the project is running 60 years...

The Living Cosmos: Our Search for Life in the Universe

Random House, 2007

Astrobiology–the study of life in space–is one of today’s fastest growing and most popular fields of science. In this compelling, accessible, and elegantly reasoned new book, award-winning scholar and researcher Chris Impey explores the foundations of this rapidly developing discipline, where it’s going, and what...

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